CLIR (ClearSign Technologies) Selling, General, & Admin. Expense: $6.30 Mil (TTM As of Mar. 2026)


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40 GF Score
Price $3.72
GF Value $14.98
Valuation Possible Value Trap
! 2 Warning Signs
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What is ClearSign Technologies Selling, General, & Admin. Expense?

ClearSign Technologies CLIR -2.11% 40 Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is $6.30 Mil as of Mar. 2026. GuruFocus rates CLIR with a GF Score™ of 40/100 and a GF Value™ of $14.98 (Possible Value Trap). The stock has 2 warning signs investors should review.

Selling, general, & admin. expense (SGA) includes the direct and indirect costs and all general and administrative expenses of a company. ClearSign Technologies's selling, general, & admin. expense for the three months ended in Mar. 2026 was $1.64 Mil. Its selling, general, & admin. expense for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Mar. 2026 was $6.30 Mil.


ClearSign Technologies  (NAS:CLIR) Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Explanation

An efficient operation keeps SGA costs low and thus has higher profit margin. The percentage of SGA relative to total revenue is an indication of how efficiently the company operates. Compare this percentage among the companies in the same industry is a good way of finding more efficient operations. A comparison of the SGA cost relative to the revenue with the historical value can also be an indication of how efficient the company has become.

Warren Buffett likes companies with consistent SGA as the percentage of gross profit.

Companies with no durable competitive advantage show wild variation in SG&A as % of Gross Profit.

If SGA is less than 30% of Gross Profit, it is fantastic. If SGA is nearing 100%, it is is in highly competitive industry.


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ClearSign Technologies Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Historical Data

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The historical data trend for ClearSign Technologies's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense can be seen below:

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ClearSign Technologies Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Chart

ClearSign Technologies Annual Data
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CLIR vs RAIN, TOMZ, LIQT: Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Comparison

For the Pollution & Treatment Controls subindustry, ClearSign Technologies's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense, along with its competitors' market caps and Selling, General, & Admin. Expense data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.


ClearSign Technologies Selling, General, & Admin. Expense vs Industrial Products Industry

For the Industrial Products industry and Industrials sector, ClearSign Technologies's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where ClearSign Technologies's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense falls into.


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ClearSign Technologies Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Calculation

Selling, General, & Admin. Expense (SGA) includes the direct and indirect costs and all general and administrative expenses of a company. For instance, personnel cost, advertising, rent, communication costs are all part of SGA.

Selling, General, & Admin. Expense for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Mar. 2026 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $6.30 Mil.

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

What does a Selling, General, & Admin. Expense of $6.30 Mil mean?
ClearSign Technologies (CLIR) has a Selling, General, & Admin. Expense of $6.30 Mil as of Mar. 2026. Selling, general and admin expense is the total cost for direct, indirect, general and administrative activities. View historical data on ClearSign Technologies and its competitors.
Is ClearSign Technologies' Selling, General, & Admin. Expense too high?
ClearSign Technologies' current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is $6.30 Mil. Overall, ClearSign Technologies has a GF Score™ of 40/100 and is considered Possible Value Trap, reflecting its overall financial health beyond just this single metric.
How does ClearSign Technologies' Selling, General, & Admin. Expense compare to RAIN and TOMZ?
ClearSign Technologies' Selling, General, & Admin. Expense of $6.30 Mil can be compared against companies in the Industrial Products industry. See the competitive comparison table and distribution chart on this page for a detailed peer-by-peer breakdown.
What is a good Selling, General, & Admin. Expense for an Industrial Products company?
A good Selling, General, & Admin. Expense depends on the Industrial Products industry context. However, Selling, General, & Admin. Expense should not be evaluated in isolation — investors should consider it alongside profitability, growth, and financial strength metrics. Use the industry distribution chart on this page to see where any company falls relative to its peers.
What does a high Selling, General, & Admin. Expense mean?
A high Selling, General, & Admin. Expense can signal that a stock is expensive relative to its fundamentals. Selling, general and admin expense is the total cost for direct, indirect, general and administrative activities. View historical data on ClearSign Technologies and its competitors. ClearSign Technologies's current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is $6.30 Mil. However, context matters — high-growth companies often justify higher valuations. Always evaluate alongside other metrics like GF Score™ and GF Value™.
Is ClearSign Technologies stock overvalued right now?
Based on GuruFocus' analysis, ClearSign Technologies (CLIR) is currently considered Possible Value Trap. The stock's GF Value™ is $14.98, compared to a current price of $3.72 — trading 75.2% below its estimated fair value. The current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is $6.30 Mil. ClearSign Technologies' overall GF Score™ is 40/100 with 2 warning signs to review. Investors should evaluate multiple metrics — including profitability, growth, and financial strength — before making a decision.
How is Selling, General, & Admin. Expense calculated?
Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is calculated from a company's financial statements. For ClearSign Technologies (CLIR), the current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is $6.30 Mil as of Mar. 2026. GuruFocus calculates this using data sourced from SEC filings and annual reports. See the calculation section and 30-year financial data on this page for the full breakdown.

Is ClearSign Technologies (CLIR) Overvalued in 2026?

Based on GuruFocus' analysis, ClearSign Technologies stock appears to be undervalued. The current stock price of $3.72 is trading 75.2% below its estimated GF Value™ of $14.98. GuruFocus considers ClearSign Technologies to be Possible Value Trap.

Key valuation signals for CLIR:

  • Selling, General, & Admin. Expense: $6.30 Mil
  • GF Value™: $14.98 vs. price of $3.72 (75.2% below fair value)
  • GF Score™: 40/100 with 2 warning signs

No single metric tells the full story. See the CLIR stock analysis page for a complete view including 30-year financials, guru trades, and insider activity.


ClearSign Technologies Business Description

Other Exchanges 0I0B:UK
Address 8023 East 63rd Place, Suite 101, Tulsa, OK, USA, 74133
ClearSign Technologies Corp is engaged in designing and develop technologies for the purpose of decarbonization and improving key performance characteristics of industrial and commercial combustion systems, including emission and operational performance, energy efficiency and overall cost-effectiveness. Its ClearSign Core technology has been proved to be in full scale industrial test furnaces and boilers and first customer installations are currently operating in normal commercial applications The company offers products that include process burners, boiler burners, flares, and ClearSign Eye. The company operates in one segment: Combustion segment. The products of the company include: Process Burners, Midstream and Power, Flares, Boiler Burners, and Sensing Technology.
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